Try the British medical Journal at http://www.bmj.com

It is totally on line since 1996.

Dennis Raphael


On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:21:18 -0500 Melina Auerbach wrote:

> From: Melina Auerbach <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:21:18 -0500
> Subject: strategies for addressing income as a determinant of health
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> I am looking for (local,national, international) examples of successful
> strategies that communities or governments have adopted that have had an
> impact on poverty and/or disparity of incomes.
>
> Poverty has been identified by our Regional Health Board as one of the
> biggest priority health issues.  We are developing a workshop to try to
help
> the Board and the public committees come up with some strategies to address
> the issue of income as a health determinant.. it would be helpful to
provide
> them with some successful strategies/innovative approaches that have been
> tried.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
> Melina Auerbach
> Community Developer
> Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
> Tel: 604-877-4690
> Fax: 604-872-2368
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